Assassin's Creed Shadows will lay the foundation for a new modern day story after years of Ubisoft struggling to match the interest in Desmond's storyline from the original Assassin's Creed games.

Ubisoft hopes that its recent Assassin's Creed Shadows delay can help "change the narrative" around the series, and the developer as a whole.

Assassin’s Creed Shadows represents our opportunity to change that narrative, not just for Assassin’s Creed, but I think for Ubisoft as a whole. – Marc-Alexis Cote They went on to state that after feedback,

So, to boil it down, it sounds like Côté is saying Shadows was in a good but not great spot for a November release—at least in Ubisoft's estimation—and that the game has been delayed to give it a chance to reach that next level of quality before it gets into players' hands.

Assassin's Creed Shadows was delayed to 2025 in response to the feedback and fallout of Star Wars Outlaw. Now, in a new conversation, Ubisoft's Marc-Alexis Cot discussed the importance of the delay, not only for the game,